Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 16:16:25 -0600 From: Lucas Bergman <lucas@slb.to> To: Ronald Klop <ronald@klop.yi.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: permanent nice? Message-ID: <20010129161625.D17961@billygoat.slb.to> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0101291428290.351-100000@dlanor.klop.yi.org>; from ronald@klop.yi.org on Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 02:33:24PM %2B0100 References: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0101291428290.351-100000@dlanor.klop.yi.org>
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> Is it possible to give an application a permanent nice level? I want > to start my mp3-player with a higher priority without having to > su-ing to root and renicing every time. > > I know I can write some kind wrapper which setuid's to root, renices > and setuid's back, but why invent the wheel if it (maybe) already > exists. I think you just answered your own question. In Unix, if a given bit of functionality already exists, nobody's going to a write a separate tool that duplicates it. (Well, some people that come from Losedows start out doing this, but they learn soon enough.) Use sudo(8) and nice(1) or whatever. As always, be careful about setuid scripts (or the basically equivalent functionality in sudo). Lucas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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